Raging Fyah

Raging Fyah is an authentic, soul-filled, roots rock reggae band, with a fresh contemporary flare, that will literally set your soul on fire! That’s what makes Raging Fyah one of the hottest spreading, most captivating and powerful entertainment packages in a long awaited Jamaican Reggae Renaissance!

The ‘Fyah’ was ignited in 2006 by Anthony Watson (drummer), Demar Gayle (keyboardist) and Delroy Hamilton (bassist); then they were later joined by Courtland White (guitarist) and Kumar Bent (lead singer) as they set out to rekindle a flame of positivity in the music industry.

Fueled by passion, purpose and life experiences, their lyrics touch the soul of the listener, uplifting and motivating people from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Whether the message is love, peace or empowerment, Raging Fyah burns through barriers of time age, race or class and has songs for everyone to love.

In 2011, they released their debut album, ‘Judgement Day’, and gained popularity and presence locally and internationally, with a few of the songs – such as the title track ‘Judgement Day’ and hit single ‘Far Away’ – receiving rotation on the air waves and even found their way onto a few charts.

With conscious roots reggae on the rise, the ‘Fyah’ continued to spread into 2012, and there was a heavy demand for the band’s thrilling live performances at various shows. Their talent and versatility enables them to aptly adjust the intensity of their flame. So whether at an intimate acoustics set or a large stage shows such as Rebel Salute and Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, they steadily captured the hearts of the Jamaican listeners. In that same year the band hit the road to perform on the international stages of South America as well as to headline several major reggae festivals in Europe such as Summerjam, Rototom Sunsplash and Garance. Since then the band has been doing shows locally and returned for another tour in Europe in Spring of 2013.

For their second album, ‘Destiny’, Raging Fyah found themselves recording on the road, wherever they could. Some tracks were laid down in Poland during a stopover, others though, came from home turf.

‘Destiny’ shows how Raging Fyah has developed as a band. Reggae is still the heartbeat of their sound, and the positivity of their lyrics remain stronger than ever. However, the track ‘First Love’ is threaded through with lush harmonies of soft soul; while ‘Feel Jah Love’ offers the buzz of pure pop music. ‘Dance With You’ drafts in the like-minded Kabaka Pyramid to bring a dancehall edge to the vocals.

‘Destiny’ is an ideal showcase for the band’s growing facets, and along with the reissued ‘Judgement Day’, perfectly timed to take advantage of their growing popularity in the U.S. Raging Fyah has played in America before, notably at the Sierra Nevada Reggae Festival in 2014; now a national tour is in the works for this Fall (2015).

“We’ve been getting better known in the U.S. over the years. But with Destiny, there’s definitely been more traffic with people in America downloading the disc, so it’s time.”

KUMAR BENT, RAGING FYAH

Yes indeed! IRIE Magazine agrees that it’s time for the fyah, no doubt about it. It’s Destiny. Respect!!